The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-05-07
EARN NOTES.

Ex-Governor Routt, ofColorado, says
that the days of fancy cattle growing
In the fur west has gone by.
Rapid milking Is an advantage if II
is done without hurting or Irritating
the COW and she IL milked clean.
The profits of the Chicago stock
yards are said to have reached the enor-
NOUS sum of S55, 900, 900 during the past
ten years.
Every hen can he made to hatch two
broods by removing the chicks rs soon
as Matched. Renovate her nest and
give her fresh eggs.
1t has been suggested that farm horses
be sold by weight, in addition to other
qualities, SO as TO induce farmers TO
raise larger and better horses.
1t is generally believed that the
tariff upon wool must be raised, says
the Cleveland Leader, or the raising
of sheep in this country be substantial
~ abandoned.
In northern climates gardens and or
chards should be screened from the
cold winds by good hedges. The pro-
lection thus afforded il much better
than high walls.
Early gardening lengthens the grow
ing season and permits ut times of two
crops on the same land, as turnips may
follow peas, and time is thereby gained
for putting in late crops.
Use the SCOT from the stovepipes and
chimneys. 1t is excellent for flowers
and young plants. Mix it with water,
about a peck of SCOT TO a barrel of water,
and apply with watering pot.
National legislation for the suppress
sion of pleuro-pneumonia finally sim
mered down TO Il simple provision in
fat tatni fstf
which gives $500, 900 TO be expended by
the commissioners of agriculture for
that purpose.
Farmers who are buying cheap nur-
sery stock simply because it il cheap
will see the folly OF il later. The right
thing TO do Is TO shut our eyes TO the
| price but keep them wide open to the
| quality, instead of reversing this rule,
as many farmers do.
One gobler and ten hens is an average
| flock of turkeys. The old hens make
better layers and mothers than the
| younger ones, and in selecting the
breeding stock this should not be over
| looked. Always procure the gobler
| from distance. In-breeding has much
TO do with the difficulty usually en-
| countered in raising your turkeys.
Farmers in some sections of Pennsyl-
/ vania maintain the fertility of their
soils by applying 100 bushels of Stacked
| lime TO the acre once in five years. 1t
/ is said that fields which have been sub
I iected to this treatment for the past 100
years are as productive now as when
/ the experiment was first tried. This
application depends for its value much
/ upon the original character of the soil.
Back in the pedigree of every first
| class horse will be found n good sized
service fee. We do not wish TO be UNI
stood as saying that by simply paying
large service fee a farmer may con-
slider himself sure to secure good colt.
We do mean that the service of first
/ class, shapely, well-hred animal is
l worth ten times as much as that of a
scrub. There is no law of nature that
can enable scrubs TO produce anything
but scrubs.
An enthusiastic dehorner is convine-
ed that the removal of these ornaments
will save one-fourth of the feed needed
by cattle, and an equally enthusiastic
water warmer is quite as positive that
stock water at 80 degrees will save an
I other quarter. This makes one-half,
| and il moves the editor of the FdfHleT-'s
| Recie10 to advertise for two other
schemes that viii each take the place
of another quarter of the daily ration,
so that cattle can be raised without any
| food whatever